• DocumentCode
    2631419
  • Title

    Tunable ultraviolet microchip Ce3+:LiLuF laser

  • Author

    Liu, H. ; Spence, D.J. ; Coutts, D.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-28 Oct. 2005
  • Firstpage
    191
  • Lastpage
    192
  • Abstract
    Ultraviolet microchip cerium fluoride lasers have been demonstrated with high efficiency (up to 50%) and ultra-low threshold (∼1.4 μJ). These lasers represent simple compact wavelength converters to 306-331 nm for microchip Nd:YVO4 laser.
  • Keywords
    cerium; laser tuning; lithium compounds; microchip lasers; optical wavelength conversion; ultraviolet sources; 1.4 muJ; 306 to 331 nm; Ce3+:LiLuF laser; LiLuF:Ce; Nd:YVO4 laser; YVO4:Nd; cerium fluoride lasers; compact wavelength converters; high efficiency lasers; microchip laser; tunable laser; ultralow threshold lasers; ultraviolet laser; Cerium; Couplers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Microchip lasers; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9217-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2005.1547943
  • Filename
    1547943